School of Arts, Design and Architecture

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Research & Art Published:

Aalto University’s art & design ranked 9th in the world

Five of Aalto’s fields placed in the top 100 in the prestigious QS ranking
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Cooperation, Research & Art Published:

The EU Horizon-funded VOPUS project explores the future of virtual culture

The project uses the virtual Operaland platform to investigate the long-term impacts on culture when citizens spend more time in virtual worlds.
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Appointments, Research & Art Published:

New professors appointed to the School of Arts, Design and Architecture

A summary of all new professors appointed since September 2024.
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Cooperation, Research & Art Published:

The Educational Partnership project is moving forward in Espoo – cooperation between guardians and schools is being developed through participatory methods

The two-year project explores and develops cooperation between guardians and schools using service design methods.
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Awards and Recognition Published:

Sherwan Haji’s My Name is Hope has won the 2025 Jussi Award for Best Short Film

My Name is Hope is director-screenwriter-actor Sherwan Hajin’s master’s thesis film from the Department of Film at Aalto University.
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The Long Read by Aalto ARTS

Longform stories, in-depth features and profiles, data visualizations and more coming up - enjoy our webmag!

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Creativity Unfolded

Aalto University’s blog series Creativity Unfolded focuses on insights linked to creativity in a multitude of ways. Topics include design, technology, media, architecture, film, games, art theory and...

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Meet our people

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Professor Marco Steinberg: ’We need to change, and we need to do it now’

Professor of Practice in Strategic and Industrial Design says that the world’s most pressing issues, like climate change, won’t be addressed by tinkering at the edges of today’s solutions but rather require a more fundamental redesign.

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Professor Ranja Hautamäki: ‘Diverse urban nature is key to increasing well-being and carbon sinks’

Professor of Landscape Architecture is tackling the issues of climate change mitigation and urban carbon sinks.

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Henrika Yliriskun väitös taidekasvatuksen alalta tarkastettiin Aalto-yliopistossa maaliskuussa 2021.

‘Environmental art education should address the problem of human-centeredness’

‘I claim’ series presents our researchers and the results of their work. Henrika Ylirisku researches the premises of environmental art education.

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Julia Lohmann's Department of Seaweed at WEF. Photo: Mikko Raskinen

Julia Lohmann: ‘We know too much and do too little’

Lohmann’s magnificent seaweed pavilion won the sustainable design category for Dezeen Awards 2020.

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'We must look to the past, for a lesson in designing buildings for the future'

Architect Karin Krokfors says buildings should be designed to be adaptable over time. And that history holds plenty of examples for us to study.

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Aarni Kapanen illustrates Dudes & Feelings podcasts

Fighting toxic masculinity with a podcast and the help of Visual Communication Design.

News

Aalto Art and Design Cases

Aalto Design Cases is a platform for activity-based creativity and practice-based research in the Aalto School of Arts, Design and Architecture.

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Prominent art at Aalto University

Aalto University promotes visibility and impact of art and creativity both in society and at our own campus. Aalto University uses one percent of building costs to fund art.

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Dipoli artworks

Events

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Lectures and seminars, Staff trainings, IT & digital tools, Support for teams, Training to support research
AI in research work
Lectures and seminars, Staff trainings, Other staff training, Support for teams, Training to support research

AI in Research Work, April 28, 2026

Learn about generative artificial intelligence in research work with Data Agents Dr. Enrico Glerean and Dr. Pedro Silva
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Lectures and seminars, Staff trainings, IT & digital tools, Support for teams, Training to support research

AI in research work -workshop, Apr 28, 2026 (external link)

Learn about using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in research.
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Academic events

Tenured Professors' Installation Talks 29.4.2026 (external link)

Aalto University celebrates its tenured professors with popular talks by the new tenure track professors of Associate or Full level.
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